The Language Lie

The Government have just moved forward with an old New Labour proposal to force upon those migrating for settlement to the UK, an examination of their competence in the English language. The Government have just moved forward with an old New Labour proposal to force upon those migrating for settlement to the UK, an examination of their competence in the English language.  I’ve no doubt that unlike the previous Government, a Government which has on her hands the blood of both the Islamic and Orthodox Christian world—this Government have only the best of intentions in putting this examination forward.  The apparent intention of this legislation is the noble goal of creating economic and social equality throughout society, by having no member of society deprived of the English tongue.  The methods employed however are dark and devious, as this New Labour legislation seeks to compound the racialism inherent in EU membership.

I should say too, immigration is a question of two things and two things only: 1. Numbers(which I’ve addressed elsewhere) and 2. The ability and willingness of the migrant to adopt British values and customs, something which the majority Commonwealth citizens always have done, yet something which most EU citizens have not, do not and resent the very idea of.  In this respect I share Enoch Powell’s concerns with numbers which now members of all political parties do(still waiting for them to give him credit for his correct prophecy) and I share his views on EU immigration.  On the Commonwealth however,  I take far more of a Macmillanist view than  Powellite one as I think paying attention to numbers and local cultural concerns Commonwealth citizens must be favoured vis-a-vis all others in all future immigration issues due to civic, Governmental cultural and linguistic connections to the UK and their great contributions made to British and world history(for more on this aspect of the issue see http://agonenation.blogspot.com/2010/05/immigration-economy-and-europe.html).

This law will not and under EU rules to which Westminster like a slave is bound,  cannot apply to EU citizens, people belonging to countries, which do not and never have used English as a primary or even secondary language.  This legislation will instead impact on mostly  Commonwealth migrants, people who as recently as the Second World War in which their forbearers  fought, were legally recognised British Subjects.   Adding insult to racialist injury, these people come from countries where English is in some form and at some level, an official language—either de facto or de jure.  The fact that the poor of The Commonwealth may not speak English is the fault both of regional governments in the more impoverished regions of places like India and Pakistan—whose faults in turn can be traced to the educational decline in poorer regions of The Commonwealth brought about by the callously dogmatic de-colonisation movement.

This lanauge test treats people with an undisputed British civic heritage and broadly linguistically English background—like third rate sub-humans(to employ a freighting Continental use of language).  By contrast the ancestors of Napoleon and Hitler will face no such humiliation, in spite of having no civic identity with Britain and no established linguistic heritage to the tongue of Shakespeare.

Make no mistake, the EU is a deeply racialist organisation, and this is reflected in the exclusive freedom of movement in the Community, grated to member citizens.  It is a concept that enforces the deeply offensive notion of European superiority that was inherent in the aptly named Continental System of Napoleon, which by the grace of some angels, the United Kingdom was outside of.  Parallels to the Zollverein and the two late modern German Reichs, also spring to mind.

If this exam were applied across the board, this would be one matter, but the fact it is going to be used to humiliate the peoples who are friends of the United Kingdom, and people who at one time differed  in terms of civic right in no way at all from a man who was born and died in Canterbury—is rather tragic.

As Enoch Powell said, the definition of race is so fluid it is virtually unknowable.  He referred to the use of terms such as  ‘a French race’ vis-a-vis a ‘British race’, and yet by his own era the term race came to metamorphose into the said phenomenon of hatred against a person because of his or her appearance.  What cannot be denied is that the EU have forced down the throats of British jurists, a concept that the European(a geographical term, not a racial term) is somehow superior to all others, when all that can be said is that the European has less civically and crucially for this analysis, less linguistically in common with Britain than do citizens of The Commonwealth.   Furthermore prior to EEC, membership there was no tradition of Continental immigration to England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland since the Norman invasions—the exceptions being the asylum sought by hard working Huguenots, Continental Jews and Greeks—whose journey to East London was one paved in the racial and religious oppression of the countries who now have the most seats in the European Parliament.    The ethos of the EU is discrimination in any language—this examination will enforce this wretchedly wrong view and thus I stand dead set against this test and stand in solidarity with all those who refuse to take it.

amination forward. The apparent intention of this legislation is the noble goal of creating economic and social equality throughout society, by having no member of society deprived of the English tongue. The methods employed however are dark and devious, as this New Labour legislation seeks to compound the racialism inherent in EU membership. I should say too, immigration is a question of two things and two things only: 1. Numbers(which I’ve addressed elsewhere) and 2. The ability and willingness of the migrant to adopt British values and customs, something which the majority Commonwealth citizens always have done, yet something which most EU citizens have not, do not and resent the very idea of. In this respect I share Enoch Powell’s concerns with numbers which now members of all political parties do(still waiting for them to give him credit for his correct prophecy) and I share his views on EU immigration. On the Commonwealth however, I take far more of a Macmillanist view than Powellite one as I think paying attention to numbers and local cultural concerns Commonwealth citizens must be favoured vis-a-vis all others in all future immigration issues due to civic, Governmental cultural and linguistic connections to the UK and their great contributions made to British and world history(for more on this aspect of the issue see http://agonenation.blogspot.com/2010/05/immigration-economy-and-europe.html). This law will not and under EU rules to which Westminster like a slave is bound, cannot apply to EU citizens, people belonging to countries, which do not and never have used English as a primary or even secondary language. This legislation will instead impact on mostly Commonwealth migrants, people who as recently as the Second World War in which their forbearers fought, were legally recognised British Subjects. Adding insult to racialist injury, these people come from countries where English is in some form and at some level, an official language—either de facto or de jure. The fact that the poor of The Commonwealth may not speak English is the fault both of regional governments in the more impoverished regions of places like India and Pakistan—whose faults in turn can be traced to the educational decline in poorer regions of The Commonwealth brought about by the callously dogmatic de-colonisation movement. This lanauge test treats people with an undisputed British civic heritage and broadly linguistically English background—like third rate sub-humans(to employ a freighting Continental use of language). By contrast the ancestors of Napoleon and Hitler will face no such humiliation, in spite of having no civic identity with Britain and no established linguistic heritage to the tongue of Shakespeare. Make no mistake, the EU is a deeply racialist organisation, and this is reflected in the exclusive freedom of movement in the Community, grated to member citizens. It is a concept that enforces the deeply offensive notion of European superiority that was inherent in the aptly named Continental System of Napoleon, which by the grace of some angels, the United Kingdom was outside of. Parallels to the Zollverein and the two late modern German Reichs, also spring to mind. If this exam were applied across the board, this would be one matter, but the fact it is going to be used to humiliate the peoples who are friends of the United Kingdom, and people who at one time differed in terms of civic right in no way at all from a man who was born and died in Canterbury—is rather tragic. As Enoch Powell said, the definition of race is so fluid it is virtually unknowable. He referred to the use of terms such as ‘a French race’ vis-a-vis a ‘British race’, and yet by his own era the term race came to metamorphose into the said phenomenon of hatred against a person because of his or her appearance. What cannot be denied is that the EU have forced down the throats of British jurists, a concept that the European(a geographical term, not a racial term) is somehow superior to all others, when all that can be said is that the European has less civically and crucially for this analysis, less linguistically in common with Britain than do citizens of The Commonwealth. Furthermore prior to EEC, membership there was no tradition of Continental immigration to England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland since the Norman invasions—the exceptions being the asylum sought by hard working Huguenots, Continental Jews and Greeks—whose journey to East London was one paved in the racial and religious oppression of the countries who now have the most seats in the European Parliament. The ethos of the EU is discrimination in any language—this examination will enforce this wretchedly wrong view and thus I stand dead set against this test and stand in solidarity with all those who refuse to take it.

Author: Adam Garrie

Director at Eurasia Future View all posts by Adam Garrie